Need Major Help Please!

[coldinthed]

found this item on an old homestead (1840's) it has a picture of an eagle with the letters of JW in the middle of it and around the edges it says Philadelphia- New York and something i cant make out with the letters E A R I S

 

[stefen]

Condom carrier

 

[Bramblefind]

It's a lid from a jar -- like this:

Antique Vintage Tinted Glass Hoosier Style Spice Jars with Lids | eBay

One lid is marked on top: Philadelphia - New York- Paris, with an Eagle on top and within a circle on the Eagle the initials "JW".


I think the JW is for John Wanamaker-- that eagle looks like his mark:

John Wanamaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[coldinthed]

It's a lid from a jar -- like this:

Antique Vintage Tinted Glass Hoosier Style Spice Jars with Lids | eBay

One lid is marked on top: Philadelphia - New York- Paris, with an Eagle on top and within a circle on the Eagle the initials "JW".


I think the JW is for John Wanamaker-- that eagle looks like his mark:

John Wanamaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wonderful!!!! TY